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I J. H. MANSUR.

GAS METER. i No. 498,181. Patented May 23, 18193.

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UNITED STATES PATE T W OFFICE.

JOHN H. MANSUR, OF ROY-ERSFORD, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO WILLIAM S. ESSICK, OF SAME PLACE.

GAS-METER;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 498,181, dated May 23, 1893.

Application filed August 29, 1892. Serial No. 444,359. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,

Be it known that I, JOHN H. MANSUR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Royersford, county of Montgomery, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gas-Meters, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a novel manner of connecting the flag-rod of a gas meter with the fla -arm thereof, whereby said arm may be readily adjusted in relation to the bellows and valve, and then rigidly attached to the rod so as to be rendered immovable thereon, and prevented from breaking-off.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a portion of a gas meter embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a top or plan view of a portion. thereof. Figs. 3 and 4 represent vertical sections of detached parts, showing diiferent positions of the fastening device of the flag-arm and rod.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings: A designates one of the bellows of a gas meter, and B designlaltes the flag-rod which is connected therewit O designates the arm which is secured to said rod and attached to the valve-operating mechanism.

Broadly considered, the parts thus described are well known in the art, but heretofore the flag-rods and arms have been soldered together, whereby nicety of adjustment is almost impossible, and the'connections of the parts are weak so that they break and separate, the effect of whichis evident. To remedy this defect I employ a fastening device for the rod and arm consisting of a piece D of wire or other suitable material, which is coiled or wrapped around the rod, and has the upper end E passed through a recess or key-seat F in the wall of the opening or eye G of the arm through which the rod passes. Primarily the arm is loosely fitted on the rod, and said parts are then adjusted in relation to the bellows and valves so as to properly set and time the same. The wire is located on the rod, and one end thereof passes through the key-seat and bent down on the arm. Solderis applied to the Wire and adjacent portions of the arm and rod, whereby the several parts are firmly connected as one, and the arm is prevented from slipping on the rod or breaking loose therefrom, the durability of connection of the arm with the rod thus being assured.

In Fig. 2, the arm 0' is shown without the end E of the wire D occupying the key seat F therein, or in other words, that portion of the figure shows how the key seat appears when unoccupied.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a gas meter, a bellows arm and a flag rod in combination with a piece encircling said rod and having one end passed through a recess in said arm, and bent on the latter, said piece, rod, and arm being rigidly connected, substantially as described. 

